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Malcolm Maiden
This is a story about missed opportunity: how most of Australia's big companies saw the Australian dollar lift their international purchasing power to unprecedented highs, and didn't do anything about it.

Michael Heath
Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says capital flows in and out of China could reach $US400 billion a year and has urged Asia to develop its financial markets to absorb the potential influx..

Mark Mulligan
After a sharp depreciation of the Australian dollar and a related drop in the price of key commodities, it looks like Australia's long-awaited transition away from mining-related infrastructure development is well under way.

Nassim Khadem
Uber has dismissed comments by Tax Commissioner Chris Jordan that the Silicon Valley technology giant has been playing dirty in order win the media debate over a stoush on whether uberX drivers should pay GST.

Nassim Khadem
None of the pharmaceutical companies that are accused of profit shifting have been taken to court, the Australian Taxation Office has told the Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance.

Nassim Khadem
Uber has accused the Australian Taxation Office of being unduly influenced by the taxi lobby over its decision to require drivers using ridesharing services like Uber to register for GST.

Jonathan Shapiro, James Eyers
The Abbott government will conduct the first full-scale audit of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission✓ in 17 years, laying the groundwork for a major overhaul in how the corporate watchdog is funded and operated.

Gareth Hutchens
The head of the Reserve Bank of Australia has cast doubts over the figures used to underpin the Abbott government's rosy budget forecasts, warning projections for Australia's future economic growth may be too high.